The role of excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and individual differences on the fear of missing out
A multiple mediation model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21452474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adil S Al-Busaidi (0000-0002-0959-7419, Innovation and Technology Transfer Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, corresponding author), Viktoriya Dauletova (0000-0002-9408-4908, Sultan Qaboos University), Ibtisam Alwahaibi (0000-0001-5982-1645, Sultan Qaboos University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1389-1409 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behaviour and Information Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-929X • E-ISSN: 1362-3001 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0144929x.2022.2075791 |
| OpenAlex | W4280609191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 125 |
The rise of social media platforms has changed human communication once and forever and consequently, has triggered an array of emotions such as fear of missing out (FoMO). In two different studies, this paper investigated individual differences, psychological and social media motivational variables as predictors of FoMO. The paper also sought to test whether FoMO will have a negative impact on academic performance above and beyond social media engagement and social media addiction. Using a structural equation modelling (SEM) along with multiple mediation analysis, the results indicated that perceived excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and personality variables significantly predicted FoMO controlling for individual differences and social media activity such as Instagram followers, Twitter followers, as well as WhatsApp engagement level. Furthermore, the biological sex of the individual was found to moderate the relationship between attention seeking and FoMO. Findings also indicated that FoMO had a positive impact on both social media engagement and social media addiction. Parallel mediation analysis revealed that FoMO had a negative effect on academic performance above and beyond social media addiction
Addiction · Mediation · Personality · Social media · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |